by Joe R.
(with a few additions by Zak, who suffers from D&D OD herself.)
Updated 4/25/00
You may be suffering from a D&D Cartoon Overdose if...
  • ...you spend several days trying to teach your dog how to teleport.
  • ...you set up hidden cameras and listening devices around your house in an attempt to catch Shadowdemon spying on you.
  • ...you go through the trouble of digging out all of your old first edition AD&D books in order to find out exactly which creatures featured in the cartoon were from the game.
  • ...you actually think that wearing a dress makes you look like a big, bad villian.
  • ...you pull the hood of your jacket over your head and attempt to sneak into the local movie theater while "invisible".
  • ...you spend countless hours on the Web seaching for an amusement park that features "The Dungeons and Dragons Ride".
  • ...you spend countless hours on the computer trying to make your voice sound cool and echoy like Venger's.
  • ...you still use early 80's slang expressions like "gnarly!", "grody!", and "awesome!", because Bobby uses them.
  • ...you show a picture of Dungeonmaster to your barber and say, "I want my hair to look like this."
  • ...you show a picture of any of the kids to your barber and say "I want my hair to look like this."
  • ...you refer to your favorite golf club as your "magic weapon".
  • ...you spend the day wondering if Loth ever made it out of the bottomless pit.
  • ...you wonder where Venger's other horn is.
  • ...you think of Dungeonmaster fondly every time you break open a fortune cookie.
  • ...you choose roller coasters with tunnels, just in case....
  • ...you wander around for days with the theme song running endlessly through your head. People ask you what it is you're humming.
  • ...you've played one of the kids as a character in a role-playing game.
  • ...you have dressed like one of the kids on Halloween.
  • ...you dress like one of the kids on a daily basis.
  • ...you want to BE one of the kids.
  • ...you ARE one of the kids.
  • ...you spend hours going through the episodes, compiling lists of quotes and bloopers.
  • ...you spend hours going through the episodes, compiling lists of quotes and bloopers, and you don't run a website on the cartoon.
NEW! Additions by Thomas Hendricks:
  • ...you undertake a massive research project in an attempt to discover the whereabouts of Nazi WWII pilots.
  • ...you name your dog "Presto."
  • ...you name your son "Presto."
  • ...you have had your named legally changed to "Presto."
  • ...you refuse to ride any roller coaster without all five of your best friends.
  • ...you have an intense fear of being dragged away to another dimension through a gate under your bed, even though you sleep on a mattress on the floor.
  • ...you only date girls named "Sheila" and "Diana."
  • ...you only date guys named "Hank," "Eric," "Bobby," or "Presto."
  • ...you fumble through various AD&D monster books just to prove that there is indeed a yellow dragon!


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